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B. SOARLES.

' WIRE NBTTING. No. 385,143. Patented-June 26, 188B.

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g WIRE-NETTING SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,143, dated June 26, 1888.

Application filed August 16, 1886. Serial No. 211,018. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern: the meshes the twist, and divide each twist 50 r Be it known that I, BENJAMIN Sci-nuns, of into three sections--viz., the right-hand sec- Glinton, in the county of Worcester, State tion E,left-hand section H, and centersection, of 1VIassachusetts,have invented a certain new J, the wires which form section E being y 5 and useful Improvement in Wire-Netting, of twisted to the right, those forming section II which the following is a description suffito the left, and those forming section J curved 5 ciently full, clear, and exact to enable any peror bent outwardly in opposite directions and T son skilled in the art or science to which said pressed together.

\ invention appertains to make and use thesame, The wires B C are united or interlocked at reference being had to the accompanying intervals by being twisted together, first to drawings, forming part of this speeitication,in the right, as shown in section E, and then to which the left, as shown in section H, in the same Figure 1 is a side elevation of a web orpiece twist that is to say, in each twist or twisted of my improved 'wirenetting; Fig. 2, a like portion of the wires the two wires of which :5 view of a piece of wire'nettiug constructed in the twist is composed are first twisted to the the ordinary manner, and Fig. 8 an enlarged right and then to thelefhor vice versa,as best view showing the method of forming the seen in Fig 3, in which the wire B, beginning twist or interlocking the wires. at the left of said figure, passes to the left be- Like letters of reference indicate correneath C at a, then to the right over 0 at b,then

f 20 sponding parts in the different figures of the to the left under 0 at d, and then to the right drawings. over 0 atf, the two wires being properly bent In ordinary wire-netting the wires of which and wound around each other from a to fto the web is composed are united or interlocked form section H.

by being twisted or coiled around each other Atfthe direction of the wire B is changed, 25 at regular intervals, the untwisted portions of and it is turned to the left back over the wire the wires being separated or opened out- 0 at l, then to the right under 0 at 1), then to wardly to form the meshes, and every alterthe left again over 0 at t, and finally under G nate row of twists made in an opposite direcat z, the two wires being properly bent and tionthat is to say, the wires are first twisted wound around each other from E to z to form 0 to the left and then to the right, as shown in the right-hand section E.

Fig. 2, the twists on being to the left and the At the center of the twist, between Z and f, twists a; to the right. This form of construe the wires are curved outwardly in opposite tion is, however, objectionable in some redirections and pressed closely together, thus spects, the fabric being too flexible for many rendering the twists much firmer or more rigid 3 5 purposes, and no means being afforded of enthan in the ordinary fabric. The wires from I, larging the meshes when desired without cut a to f in section H being twisted to the left ting the wires. and from Z to z in section E to the right, it My invention is designed to obviate these will be obvious that any tendency of either and other objections and produce a stronger section or half of the twist to uncoil or un- 4,0 and more desirable fabric; and to that end I twist will be counteracted by the other half or make use of means which will be readily unsection, thus keeping the parts in proper po- 93 derstood by all conversant with such matters sition. The direction in which the wires from the following explanation. forming sections H E are twisted may be re 2 In the drawings, A represents the web of spectively reversed, if desired.

1, netting, considered as a whole; BC, the wires When the netting is constructed in the ore of which the body of the web is composed,and dinary manner, or as shown in Fig. 2, each of 5 D D the selvage-wires. the wires composing the twist may be readily For convenience of reference I denominate turned on or around its companion wire, like the interlocked wires between either two of the two members of a hinge, thus rendering the fabric more flexible than is sometimes desirable; but in my improved netting this is not only prevented by twisting the sections E H in opposite directions,but by the section J, consisting of the outwardly-curved portions t t at the center of the twist,which overlap and cannot be readily revolved or turned around each other, thus rendering the twist or joint very rigid, the rigidity being imparted to the entire fabric.

It is sometimes necessary in the use of ordinary wire-netting to enlarge one or more of the meshes in order to adapt it to receive a post, pin, spike, or rail which is larger than the mesh, and to do this the wires of which the web is composed have to be cut, thereby greatly weakening the fabric, and rendering it liable to unravel unless great care is used in securing the cut wires; but in my improved netting the meshes may be readily enlarged at any point by inserting a properimplement between the curved portions 2' of the central section,J, and adjusting or untwistingthe wires, in a manner which will be readily obvious without a more explicit description.

The selvage-wires D are straight and are interlocked with the outer wires composing the body of the web in substantially the same manner as the wires B 0.

It is preferable to take three turns .in the wires composing each of the sections E II, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3; but I do not confine myself to any special number of turns or twistsin the wires,as one or more may be taken, as desired. Neither do I confine myself to bending both of the wires composing section J outwardly, as one may be bent and the other leftstraight, or both bent in the same direction, or both left straight, although I deem it preferable to bend both outwardly, as shown at z z.

I amaware that a wire-netting has heretofore been constructed in which the ordinary warp-wires are interlocked by twists, each manufacture; it is not adapted to reeeivenails or pickets, and its meshes cannot be expanded at pleasure, as in netting constructed according to my invention, owing to the locking action of the crossing or welt wires.

What I claim is- A wire-netting comprising straight selvagewires and intermediate warp-wires, the intermediate warp-wires being interlocked'at intervals by twists which severally comprise a right-hand turn, aleft-hand turn, and an intermediate plain portion, one of said warpwires on each side ofthe fabric being interlocked at intervals with the adjacent selvagewire by twists which severally comprise a right-hand turn, a left-hand turn, and an intermediate plain portion, substantially as described.

7 BENJAMIN SOARLES.

Witnesses:

O. M. SHAW,

O. A. SHAW. 

